History Hadith studies

after death of muhammad, sayings preserved in both written , memorized form. umar ibn al-khattab, second caliph, began collect hadiths 1 unified volume. he, however, chose give endeavor in order have muslim nation concentrate efforts more on quran.

the umayyad caliph, umar ibn abd al-aziz started effort collect hadiths. teaching , collecting hadiths part of plan of renew moral fiber of muslim community. supported teachers of fiqh, sent educators ignorant bedouin tribes, ordered weekly hadith lectures in hejaz, , sent out scholars of hadith egypt , north africa.

umar ordered great scholar of madinah, abu bakr ibn hazm write down hadiths of muhammad , umar ibn al-khattab, particularly narrated aisha. had these hadiths collected in books circulated around umayyad empire. although these books lost today, commentaries on them ibn al-nadim reveals organized books of fiqh, such muwatta of imam malik, first large compilation of hadiths. imam malik himself followed general plan of books of hadith ordered umar.

the classification of hadith sahih, sound or authentic; hasan, good; , da if, weak, utilized in hadith scholarship ali ibn al-madini (161–234 ah). later, al-madini s student muhammad al-bukhari (810–870) authored collection, known sahih bukhari, commonly accepted sunni scholars authentic collection of hadith, followed of student muslim ibn al-hajjaj. al-bukhari s methods of testing hadiths , isnads seen exemplary of developing methodology of hadith scholarship.

sunni literature hadith studies

as in islamic discipline, there rich history of literature describing principles , fine points of hadith studies. ibn hajar al-asqalani provides summation of development following: “works authored in terminology of people of hadith have become plentiful imaams both old , contemporary:

^ siddiqi, muhammad zubayr (1993). hadith literature. oxford: islamic texts society. p. 6. isbn 0946621381. 
^ ahmad ibn ali ibn hajr al-asqalani, al-nukat ala kitab ibn al-salah, vol. 1, pg. 263, maktabah al-furqan, ajman, u.a.e., second edition, 2003
^ ibn kathir, ikhtisar ulum al-hadith published explanation al-ba ith al-hathith, vol. 1, pg. 102-3, maktabah al-ma arif, riyadh, k.s.a., first edition, 1996
^ ibid.
^ nuzhah al-nathr, pg. 45–51; published al-nukat, dar ibn al-jawzi. referred explanation of ali al-qari, sharh sharh nukhbah al-fikr, in particular segments of pgs. 143-7 in instances clarity. books mentioned above published in original arabic, ibn al-salah’s book, far aware, being translated english.